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Javascript Date Cheat Sheet

[Date] Setters

Method Result
.setDate (val)
.setDay (val)
.setFullYear (val)
.setMonth (val)
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.setHours (val)
.setMinutes (val)
.setSeconds (val)
.setMilliseconds (val)
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.setTime (val)
.setTimezoneOffset (val)

See the getters list.

[Date] Getters

Method Result
.getDate() 1..31
.getDay() 0..6 (sun..sat)
.getFullYear() 2014
.getMonth() 0..11
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.getHours()
.getMinutes()
.getSeconds()
.getMilliseconds()
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.getTime() ms since epoch
.getTimezoneOffset()

UTC versions are also available (eg, .getUTCDate(), .getUTCDay(), etc).

[Date] Conversion

Method Result
d.toString() "Mon Dec 29 2014 00:58:28 GMT+0800 (PHT)"
d.toTimeString() "00:58:46 GMT+0800 (PHT)"
d.toUTCString() "Sun, 28 Dec 2014 16:58:59 GMT"
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d.toDateString() "Thu Jan 10 2013"
d.toISOString() "2013-01-09T16:00:00.000Z"
d.toLocaleString() "12/29/2014, 12:57:31 AM"
d.toLocaleTimeString() "12:57:31 AM"
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d.getTime() 1419785527580

Accessing

[Date] Constructor

// Now
new Date()
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// ms since epoch
new Date(1419785527580)
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// Date format
new Date("May 17, 1995 03:24:00")
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// ISO date format
new Date("2013-03-01T01:10:00")
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new Date(2014, 2, 1, 13, 0, 59, 0)
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